Allied Warships

HMS Thornborough (K 574)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 574 
Built byBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down22 Sep 1943 
Launched13 Nov 1943 
Commissioned31 Dec 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Assigned USN penant DE 565 but not named.

HMS Thornborough is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List

Returned to the USN on 29 January 1947. Scrapped.

 
Former nameDE 565

Commands listed for HMS Thornborough (K 574)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Cyril George Hart Brown, RN31 Dec 194322 Aug 1944
2Cyril Joseph Evans, RNVR22 Aug 1944Jul 1945 ?

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Media links


The Captain Class Frigates in the Second World War

Collingwood, Donald

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